The
strategy of the current budget seems to be simple:
make immense noise about “helping the victimized”
but do not give an extra paisa from the budget towards
that ends. With the expenditure squeeze being carried
out to reduce fiscal deficit, the share of central
government spending in GDP is in fact budgeted to
fall.

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This
article was originally published in The
Citizen February 3, 2018

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